Hi Mark,
On 10/25/12 01:56 AM, Mark Nottingham wrote:
> No - HTTP/1.0 is backwards-compatible with 1.1. There is not interoperability problem, because it still works.
sorry, now you've lost me. The whole point of the downgrades is corner case
handling, iiuc.
> --- 8< ---
> 2.6. Protocol Versioning
> [...]
> An HTTP client MAY send a lower request version if it is known that
> the server incorrectly implements the HTTP specification, but only
> after the client has attempted at least one normal request and
> determined from the response status or header fields (e.g., Server)
> that the server improperly handles higher request versions.
> --- 8< ---
At any rate, I don't have any personal interest in this topic, so I'm fine with
leaving it as it is. But I still believe that it would be a good idea to define
the scope for downgrades as for upgrades.
Thank you, Nils